Where does “virrankatkaisin” come from?
virrankatkaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish katkaisin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
virrankatkaisin (Finnish): circuit breaker
Ancestry of “virrankatkaisin”, step by step
virrankatkaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish katkaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katkaisin | circuit breaker; switch; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish virta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | virta | flow, stream; river; current |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | virta | stream; flow, current |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vьrtъ | turn, enclosure |